And finally the paint and installation. It all worked out pretty well. There was some gapping were the console met the carpet so I had my upholstery guy cover some wind lace for me out of the blue vinyl I used on the interior. I installed it on the bottom and finished up installing the a/c vents and radio.. Now I just have to reinstall the shifter and seats.

Next was the body work you might say. I used some glazing putty to fill all the pinhole in the welded areas and some low spots for warpage that occurred during welding. Then I layed on a couple of coats of urethane primer and blocked it flat. You can also see front speaker pods which I am going to paint blue. They will be mounted on the kick panels.

After all the fitting was done I welded it all together and added some bracing in the back to make it rigid. Then I ground down all the corners and smoothed it all up. Next came the cutting of the holes and then finally fitting it under the dash. The last part took quite a while. I started with a cardboard pattern of the console and began cutting it to fit around the heater/ a/c unit. Then transfered it to the real console and cut it out with a saber saw. After lots of trimming it finally fit the way I wanted.

A new console was in order because the radio would not fit in the glove box as I had originally planned. First I made a pattern of how I wanted the front to be shaped and then cut it out of 20 guage steel. Then I took it to a fab shop and had the sides rolled to fit the shape of the front. After I got the pieces home I made some final adjustments and got it all fit together and ready to weld.